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dc.contributor.authorBanerjee, Deb Sankar-
dc.contributor.authorMunjal, Akankshi-
dc.contributor.authorLecuit, Thomas-
dc.contributor.authorRao, Madan-
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-30T12:25:30Z-
dc.date.available2018-01-30T12:25:30Z-
dc.date.issued2017-10-24-
dc.identifier.citationNature Communications, 2017, Vol. 18, p1121en_US
dc.identifier.issn2041-1723 (online)-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2289/6836-
dc.descriptionOpen Accessen_US
dc.description.abstractTissue remodeling requires cell shape changes associated with pulsation and flow of the actomyosin cytoskeleton. Here we describe the hydrodynamics of actomyosin as a confined active elastomer with turnover of its components. Our treatment is adapted to describe the diversity of contractile dynamical regimes observed in vivo. When myosin-induced contractile stresses are low, the deformations of the active elastomer are affine and exhibit spontaneous oscillations, propagating waves, contractile collapse and spatiotemporal chaos. We study the nucleation, growth and coalescence of actomyosin-dense regions that, beyond a threshold, spontaneously move as a spatially localized traveling front. Large myosin-induced contractile stresses lead to nonaffine deformations due to enhanced actin and crosslinker turnover. This results in a transient actin network that is constantly remodeling and naturally accommodates intranetwork flows of the actomyosin-dense regions. We verify many predictions of our study in Drosophila embryonic epithelial cells undergoing neighbor exchange during germband extension.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNature Publishing Groupen_US
dc.relation.urihttps://arxiv.org/abs/1605.07318en_US
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01130-1en_US
dc.rights2017 The authorsen_US
dc.titleActomyosin pulsation and flows in an active elastomer with turnover and network remodeling.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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